A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge
- Submitting institution
-
The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 3602486
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
-
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.084
- Title of journal
- Applied energy
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 81
- Volume
- 236
- Issue
- -
- ISSN
- 0306-2619
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
-
-
- Supplementary information
-
-
- Request cross-referral to
- -
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
-
7
- Research group(s)
-
-
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This EU-funded research describes a novel technique solving the challenge of thermal storage from direct steam generation (DSG) solar thermal power systems. It is a major advance because, to date, the lack of cost-effective long-term storage has limited DSG technology development. The work demonstrated >450% increase in storage capacity could be achieved and led to four patents (CN106762487A, CN107288834A, CN108506177A, CN109296511A). It resulted in funding from NSF China (Grant no: 51761145109) for extension of this system to solar power systems using two-stage supercritical carbon dioxide/steam Rankine cycles and molten salt tanks, thereby providing a further step-change in efficiency and resilience.
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
- -